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Singer Oliver Tree Dies at 32 in Brazil Helicopter Crash

2026-06-15

Oliver Tree, the California-born singer-songwriter whose quirky persona and infectious pop tracks earned him a massive global following, has died at the age of 32. He was killed on Sunday morning, June 14, when two helicopters collided mid-air over the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All six people aboard the two aircraft lost their lives. Tree and four other passengers were in one helicopter, while a pilot flew the other alone. As recently as the day before the crash, Tree had been sharing moments from his time in Brazil on social media, giving fans no indication of what was to come.

By Nikodem Baran